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Janet Isserlis Haiti. http://swearercenter.brown.edu/new/news/haiti-earthquake-relief http://twitter.com/#/list/nytimes/haiti-earthquake http://doctorswithoutborders.tumblr.com/ - photo blog; please be aware there are some difficult images at this site. http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/project-haiti-holding-a-teach-in/?src=twt&twt=nytimes (NY Times learning materials about Haiti) "Ayiti Cheri’ Haitian Film Festival to benefit Partners in Health relief efforts A Haitian film festival, March 12-14, will screen recently produced features, documentaries and short subjects about Haiti on campus. A $5 minimum donation is suggested per film to benefit the relief efforts of Partners in Health. More information and full schedule: http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2010/03/haitifilm
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(including workforce development workshops, new practitioner Please save May 26, 2010 for the state's Adult Education Conference, to be held at Rhode Island College. Call for participation here. Please be advised that the Request for Proposals - Adult Education for College, Work & Career, Family & Community FY2011-FY2015 has been posted on the RIDE website. http://www.ride.ri.gov/adulteducation/default.aspx OpenDoors is offering free tax preparation assistance to our clients and other low-income community members. Free Tax Preparation is Available Wednesdays 4-8pm and Saturdays 10am-4pm In addition, OpenDoors offers financial literacy classes to hellp VITA clients make the best use of their refunds. For more information: http://www.opendoorsri.org/financialliteracy Stephanie Gerson from HealthAccessRI speaks Spanish and Portuguese and will speak to adult learners/classes about HARI. Contact her at misstephanie.gerson@gmail.com or phone 415.871.5683. http://www.HealthAccessRI.com RIRAL/TRANSITION TO COLLEGE INFORMATION SESSIONS: comprehensive college preparation program including free college reading class (ENGL 0850) at CCRI, Providence; student success, career exploration, and mentoring workshops; academic writing, basic math, and pre-algebra; computer lab & tutorials; academic advising, support services, registration for college; college application and Financial Aid preparation. RIRAL TTC is a partner in the RI Statewide Transition to College initiative and a natural segue for GED, EDP, and Advanced ESL students prior to post-secondary education. Information Sessions: March 6; April 10; May 1; June 5 on Saturdays @ 10:00 am. Allow 2 -3 hours for assessment. Please do not bring children. 175 Main Street Pawtucket (above the Visitor’s Center) Contact MarieCrecca-Romero@riral.org 722-9800. Free Financial Ed Seminar: Understanding Your Credit Report and Score This seminar provides insight into the makings of your consumer credit file and education on the main factors that make up your FICO Score. Come learn simple ways to improve your credit score and more. Tuesday, March 9, Ebenezer Baptist Church in Isom Hall, 475 Cranston Street, Providence at 6:00PM Advanced registration is required for this seminar, please call (401) 223 – 6114 or email: lisa.ranglin@cox.net  Save the Date: The 8th Annual May Breakfast - May 1, Rhodes on the Pawtuxet 9 – 12 noon $25 Featuring Annie Barrows, co author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer, a librarian and editor, nurtured the tale about Guernsey for twenty years before committing pen to paper. Unfortunately, Ms. Shaffer passed away in February, 2008 before the final edits to the manuscript were complete. She asked her niece, Annie Barrows, to complete the revisions - and the story is now ours to share with all Rhode Islanders. Ms. Barrows is also the author of the children’s series Ivy and Bean and The Magic Half. Look for more details and the registration form in February learning opportunities Number Sense: Teaching About Parts and Wholes April 12 - May 21 Teaching students how to use estimation, mental math, benchmarking, and calculators will enhance their conceptual understanding of numbers and what numbers represent. This course focuses on helping adult students develop number sense by addressing two key questions: When is it necessary to have an exact answer, and when is an estimate sufficient? When calculation is necessary, which tool is appropriate to use? Facilitator: Jean Stephens Prerequisite: Foundations of Teaching Adult Numeracy or comparable experience http://www.newreaderspress.com/Items.aspx?hierId=6503 Creating Engaging ESOL Activities Using Computers April 12 - May 21, 2010; Course webinar: May 21, 1:00 - 2:00p.m. (EST) Instructor: Diana Satin Through this course, you will integrate computer software into your ESOL instruction. You'll identify the steps necessary to incorporate computer software applications into lesson plans, including analyzing specific language and computer skills. You will finish the course having developed, tested, and refined a learning activity for your own classroom. http://www.newreaderspress.com/Items.aspx?hierId=6590 Research-based Strategies and Models for Adult Transitions to Postsecondary Education April 22–June 16, 2010; one teleconference on April 27, 1 pm, or April 28, 1 pm Participants read and discuss the research on the changing workforce and examine the reasons why adult learners need to go beyond the GED and English language study to advance their earning potential. Participants also learn about the challenges facing adult students in postsecondary education and investigate strategies and program models that support adult transitions to postsecondary education. Throughout the course, participants gather local and regional data on the labor market, educational needs, and academic programs and support services offered by area colleges to guide future program development and planning. http://professionalstudiesae.worlded.org/pdf/CTOverApr10.pdf Instructor: Barbara Hofmeyer Complete and return the registration form, http://professionalstudiesae.worlded.org/pdf/CTRegApr10.pdf, or complete online at http://professionalstudiesae.worlded.org/registertransitions.html. Payment must be received prior to enrollment. World Education reserves the right to if the minimum number of registrants is not met by April 14.  Coming Home from War The Change Agent, Issue 30 With this issue of The Change Agent, Coming Home from War, we opened our pages to veterans, family members of veterans, and war refugees. In their own voices, they talk about what it’s like to come home from war (or, for some, to have to seek a new home), what it’s like to welcome their veteran home, and how they remember and memorialize the soldiers who did not make it home. Using poetry, short narratives, interviews, cartoons, illustrations, and photo stories, this issue roots reading, writing, and math lessons in content that is intensely moving and relevant to adult learners. Background pieces, maps, and quick facts about the war(s) provide opportunities for students to extend their learning. Lesson plans and discussion questions give teachers classroom-ready material that will engage students and provide an important forum for critical thinking, sharing, and achieving understanding across diverse experiences. And, as always with The Change Agent, we feature the positive ways that veterans and community members have organized and advocated on behalf of veterans to promote healing, to ensure benefits, and to acknowledge society’s overall responsibility for the human cost of war. Extra in this issue: a special feature by Heather Lash called Listening to Refugees – for teachers who are looking for guidance in responding to the trauma and sadness that sometimes comes out in students’ stories. CURRICULUM: Something is Wrong: Exploring the Roots of Youth Violence Project NIA, the Chicago Freedom School and Teachers for Social Justice have partnered along with other volunteers to develop a curriculum guide in order to contribute to the ongoing efforts by young people and their adult allies to analyze the root causes of youth violence and to create local solutions.At a time when frustration is running high and many are expressing a sense of powerlessness in the face of pervasive violence, this curriculum guide is an offering intended to make a positive contribution to the dialogue about violence in the lives of young people. http://www.teachersforjustice.org/2010/02/curriculum-something-is-wrong-exploring.html The Childhood Lead Action Project is a statewide organization working to eliminate childhood lead poisoning through education, parent support, and advocacy. With the support of a recent EPA grant, the Childhood Lead Action Project has developed a comprehensive lead poisoning prevention ESL curriculum to help ESL providers to supply their clients with important information to keep themselves and their families safe. The Childhood Lead Action Project is making this curriculum available to ESL providers throughout the state. Contact Emily Godfrey, at 401-785-1310(x207) or emily@leadsafekids.org to inquire about the curriculum. In addition to the ESL curriculum, the Childhood Lead Action Project also provides free trainings, seminars and workshops on lead poisoning prevention, and tenants' rights. These presentations can be tailored for ABE audiences, or for service providers. Please contact Emily Godfrey for more information. -Emily Godfrey, Community Educator, Immigrant and Refugee Lead Prevention Project, Childhood Lead Action Project, 1192 Westminster St., Providence, RI 02909 (401) 785-1310 ext. 207 emily@leadsafekids.org The New American Horizons Foundation is creating a series of short, accessible teacher training videos addressing aspects of adult ESOL instruction. Each video is about 30 minutes in length and uses classroom footage and instructor interview footage to illustrate topics in adult ESOL practice such as approaches to teaching each of the four skills, planning lessons, working with emergent literacy learners, and grammar and vocabulary development in context. All the videos will be available free of charge online, or DVDs can be purchased for a minimal cost-recovery fee. People can access and utilize the videos to suit their training needs: as self-access resources, incorporated in workshops or volunteer trainings, as part of online training or teacher education courses, etc. The first two videos are now ready for viewing at http://www.newamericanhorizons.org. Building Literacy with Adult Emergent Readers focuses on a whole-part-whole approach to working with emergent literacy learners and Lesson Planning for Life Skills provides an overview of general lesson planning principles. On the web site, you’ll also find information about the series overall as well as the New American Horizons Foundation. Additional videos are in process and will be posted as they are completed. - MaryAnn Florez, Washington, DC talk about it : special guest discussion on NIFL's Health Literacy list on Evaluating and Measuring Health Literacy from March 8-12, 2010. http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Healthliteracy/#sub Measuring health literacy is a tricky and complicated process. In part, this is because there are so many aspects to potentially include in an evaluation methodology. The challenge of measuring health literacy is also compounded by the many contexts in which health literacy can be evaluated – from different diseases to different stages of life to different health system contexts. Further, there is the two-sided nature of health literacy: We can focus on measuring the health literacy of individuals as patients, but we should also focus on measuring the health literacy of health professionals and health systems as it relates to their ability to serve their patient population. There are several existing screeners of health literacy at the moment, and more are under development. But the field as a whole is still working on coming to a consensus on what should be measured, how it should be measured, and who should be evaluated. In this discussion we will collectively explore the existing screeners and measures of health literacy and discuss their uses and limitations. We will also discuss the elements of what a rigorous measure of health literacy might focus on and what kinds of conceptual work and rigorous testing are needed to in order to continue to collectively advance the field of health literacy. Guest Speaker: Andrew Pleasant Andrew Pleasant is the director of health literacy and communication at Canyon Ranch Institute. See Andrew’s bio here : http://www.canyonranchinstitute.org/about/leadership/team/apleasant/ Preparation Reading: Measuring health literacy: A challenge to curriculum design and evaluation. This article explores the challenges to developing measures of health literacy and evaluations of health literacy curricula and other interventions. http://www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca/publications/briefs/measuring/1.htm - Ellen Hewett , National College Transition Network Phone: 617-385-3670 World Education recently completed extensive updates and revisions of the website, Assessment Strategies and Reading Profiles http://www.nifl.gov/readingprofiles/index.htm. In addition to providing useful information and free resources on reading assessment and reading profiles the site has an interactive feature that allows teachers to match adult learners' test scores to research-based adult reading profiles and then to receive instructional suggestions based on the matches. To publicize the updated site, World Education will sponsor special discussions (described below) on the National Institute for Literacy’s LINCS Discussion Lists. To join any or all of the discussions, as well as the other LINCS Discussion Lists: http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/discussions.html March 22 Reading and Writing Skills of ABE Transition Learners Guest discussants: Cynthia Zafft (World Education), Lauren Capatosto (Harvard Graduate School of Education), and Sally Gabb (Bristol Community College) Moderator: Ellen Hewett April 12 The Literacy Development of ESL Beginners: Observations and Analyses from the NCSALL ESL Laboratory Classrooms Guest discussant: Kathy Harris, Portland (OR) State University Moderator: Miriam Burt June 21 Reading Patterns and Profiles of Adult Literacy Participants Guest discussants: Daryl Mellard (Kansas University) and Daphne Greenberg (Georgia State University) Moderator: Daphne Greenberg online: http://www.cal.org/resources/pubs/haitians.html The Haitians: Their History and Culture Michele Burtoff Civan with Féquière Vilsaint and Gepsie Morisset-Métellus This booklet is a basic introduction to the people, history, and culture of Haiti. It is designed primarily for service providers and others assisting refugees in their new communities in the United States. English-Haitian Creole Phrasebook This phrasebook was designed to supply refugees with English phrases selected for their usefulness in daily life in the United States. CAL has posted this phrasebook in PDF format at the request of HRSA the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Continuity of Operations (EPCO) division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to provide information to service providers being sent to Haiti to aid victims of the recent earthquake.  funding opportunities - large and less large New Roots Providence Grant Applications are Now Available New Roots Providence has received significant new funding to provide training, technical assistance and financial assistance to build the capacity of nonprofits to play a pivotal role in the state's economic recovery. New Roots Providence is also pleased to serve organizations across the state of Rhode Island. With new funding we can: Award $500,000 in grants - our largest amount ever; Support organizations with annual budgets as large as $500,000; Award grants to more types of organizations than ever before. Faith-based as well as community organizations are eligible, and organizations do not need federal nonprofit status to receive a grant. Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 To be eligible for a grant, organizations have to support (or plan to support) one or more of the following groups: Organizations that are dedicated to helping low-income people increase their income or assets. This category includes organizations that work with people receiving TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families), that provide workforce development and job placement services, and assist in helping people get tax refunds and credits. OR Organizations working with one or more of the following groups: children of men and women who are in prison; people returning to the community from prison; youth in danger of getting involved with violence or gang activity; people moving from public assistance into employment ("welfare to work"); elders in need; people who are homeless; people who need intensive substance abuse rehabilitation services. Application forms are available on the New Roots website: http://www.newrootsprovidence.org For more information contact Bernadette Tavares at (401) 455-8880 x216 or at btavares@provplan.org - grants posted on the National Institute for Literacy website: http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/search/gsearch/dbsearch.cgi?action=Show%20Results - grants from the Public Education Network: http://www.publiceducation.org/newsblast_grants.asp - The federal government's new one stop
grant
site: http://www.grants.gov/ The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) announces another round of education reform grants in areas of social science research. PRACC is particularly interested in issues such as high classroom turnover/mobility and its disproportionate impact on low-income, minority, and farm worker students. However, other issues will be considered as well. To apply, send PRRAC a proposal outlining the planned research and methodology, the advocacy work it is designed to support, a budget, timeline, and qualifications of the researchers. Maximum grant: $10,000. No application deadline. http://www.prrac.org/grants.php Funding Solutions for Small Nonprofit Organizations A collection of resources to help small nonprofit organizations fundraise including ways to motivate your board, sample fundraising letters, phonathon advice, and tips to improve your direct mail solicitation. http://www.nonprofit-innovations.com/ employment opportunities employment opportunities are generally sent as they arrive via email; if you would like to receive this bulletin, and those updates by email please contact janet_isserlis@brown.edu. Adult Education Program Coordinator: experienced program coordinator sought with strong grant writing and program development skills within the adult education arena. Candidates should have experience working in a team environment with a diverse learner population. Full-time, temp to perm position with benefits, flexible-hours required, intermediate level Spanish language skills preferred. Please submit your cover letter and resume by email with attention to the Adult Education Search Committee at the following address mbueno@progresolatino.org by March 18, 2010. You may also request a full job description via this email address. Westbay Community Action Westbay Adult Education Academy Learning Resource Center Instructor Qualifications: required: BA degree, 2 years experience teaching adult students in ABE/GED; strong math skills; Demonstrated knowledge of MS Office, internet and education software programs and experience implementing programs. Pass a BCI check and complete a physical examination General Responsibilities: Implement and manage a distance learning component of the Academy, working collaboratively with the team to provide academic and work readiness skills to students in pursuit of a GED and with diverse educational needs through classroom and distance learning instruction. Specific Responsibilities: The duties listed below are primary functions of the job and are not intended to be all-inclusive. You may be called upon to perform duties comparable to those cited. · Perform an intake and assessment of students, conferring with the team · Develop an individualized education plan for each student based upon the assessment · Facilitate the support of a case manager to assist with potential barriers to program participation by the student · Instruct students in the purpose, responsibilities and use of the computer-based distance learning program · Insure students are proficient in the use of the software program and understand the reporting requirements and accountabilities · Monitor and evaluate student participation and provide them with an on-going assessment of their progress · Provide math instruction individually and in a classroom setting · Arrange for practice tests · Based upon test results, arrange for official testing or additional instruction · Prepare required forms, records and reports, collect and enter data as required by funders and WCA · Be an active participant in the on going planning and implementation of the Adult Academy. Core Competencies: Must possess: ability to work as a team member; good computer skills · Ability to work with adult students in group or individually and with diverse groups of students · Good organizational skills · Ability to prioritize and control work flow, good oral and writing communication skills · Ability to lead, to work independently. to listen and problem solve. to create a curriculum, and to solicit ideas and feedback and make adjustments when needed · Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation in all aspects of work. to apply contact: Melanie Lamountain mlamountain@westbaycap.org by 3/19/2010.  Jobs for Change "seeks to spark a nationwide movement toward careers in the nonprofit, government, and social enterprise sectors" – online at http://jobs.change.org/ Substitute teaching: The Genesis Center is interested in adding to its substitute list. If you are an ESOL instructor who is interested in occasional work as a substitute, either day, evening or Saturday hours, please call Nancy Fritz or Pat Clarkin at 781-6110. Jobs in Literacy – nation wide postings on the National Institute for Literacy's LINCS site: http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/jobs/jobs.cgi Substitute list: if you would like your name added to the general list, please see contact LR/RI. The list needs to be updated so that it can function more usefully for teachers and programs hoping to work with them. (http://www.brown.edu/lrri/sub.html) Rhode Island Community Jobs (RICOMJOB) is a public e-mail announcement list that seeks to raise the profile of meaningful work in Rhode Island by helping non-profit and public interest employers publicize openings effectively. Anyone seeking a job that makes a difference in Rhode Island can join the list. Any non-profit, government or private sector employer advertising a paid position related to the public interest or community concerns can post a free job listing. Positions must be paid but may be part-time, full-time or temporary. To join the list as a job seeker or to post a job as an employer go to: http://www.ricommunityjobs.org Rhode Island Community Jobs is supported by
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lifeline – from the AFL-CIO,
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online / resources available downloadable resources from The Popular Education News http://www.popednews.org/resources.html Free online resources that are very appropriate for adult learners are available at http://www.AskRI.org. They include online homework help for grades 3 to adult from 2-10 everyday at tutor.com. Includes career help (resume review, job search, interview help), GED prep, citizenship, review of a document by a live tutor. Also check out the Skills Center for thousands of worksheets, tutorials, study guides and more. Check out the online encyclopedia - World Book Discover - for adult learners and those with reading challenges includes translation capabilities into 14 languages along with employment, financial, health, and housing resources and more. AskRI is available not only in your public library, but also in schools, community centers and at home. With just an Internet connection, you have a whole world of authoritative information at your fingertips. And if you have a card from a public library, you have access to even more information tools. The service includes Spanish resources as well as English.  new brief from CAELA: Managing Programs for Adults Learning English http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork/resources/managing.html Thusday notes are online http://www2.ed.gov/news/newsletters/thursdaynotes/index.html although not yet. not this week’s at any rate. Here are some highlights: [almost heaven] West Virginia's legislature recently appropriated $260,000 of state funding to support the second year of free GED tests for adults http://wvde.state.wv.us/ged/FreeGEDTestinginWestVirginia.htm who both attend West Virginia’s learning centers and meet the minimum scores on the GED practice tests there. http://wvde.state.wv.us/ged/FreeGEDTestinginWestVirginia.htm State officials say that the free GED program has increased West Virginia’s GED pass rate over all by about 6 percent. Students also can re-take the GED test at no cost. The free GED program was initially created with funds from Verizon. http://wvde.state.wv.us/news/1696/ The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a workforce hearing on Feb. 24 <http://help.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=99586896-5056-9502-5d82-cabe2d595170> . Witnesses outlined ideas on how to build a stronger workforce investment system. Testifying were: Joseph Carbone, president and CEO of TheWorkPlace, Inc., representing Southwestern Connecticut's Workforce Development Board, Bridgeport, Conn.; Anthony Carnevale, director, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, Washington, D.C.; Cheryl Feldman, director, District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund, Philadelphia, Pa.; Paul Stalknecht , president and CEO, Air Conditioning Contractors of America, Arlington, Va.; and Robert Templin , president, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Va. http://help.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=99586896-5056-9502-5d82-cabe2d595170 Secretary Duncan testified March 3 http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2010/03/building-a-stronger-economy-sp.shtml before the House Education and Labo Committee on how innovative education reforms can help rebuild the U.S. economy and restore the country’s competitiveness. http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2010/03/building-a-stronger-economy-sp.shtml He discussed President Obama's education agenda, including his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2011, which calls for Congress to enact the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/07/student-aid-and-fiscal-respons.shtml approved by the House in September. http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/07/student-aid-and-fiscal-respons.shtml On Feb. 3, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis testified <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56vfa8k_UkY> before the House Education and Labor Committee on the Obama administration’s plans <http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/testimony/20100203SecSolisTestimony.pdf> to strengthen the economy and improve the lives of American workers. http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/07/student-aid-and-fiscal-respons.shtml  interesting: an article in the UK Guardian weekly about ESOL provision in the US. http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=1254&catID=18 Rhode Island Employment Disability E-News, newsletter from the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, available at: http://www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/onlinepublications.html the Math Bulletin, developed by SABES http://www.sabes.org/resources/publications/mathbulletin/math-bulletin-june2009.pdf Good geography refresher...and good mouse skill practice as well. http://jimspages.com/States.htm from Kate Northcott, Director, Student Literacy Corps Webster University resources at FREE, the website that makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government: http://www.free.ed.gov/ Math - What's the Problem? examines the state of math education in the U.S. and the roles of culture, technology, and research on improving math learning and proficiency. Learn about the "miles per gallon illusion" and the train problem. Discover resources on fractals, matrices, human face recognition, biomimetic research, computational conformal mapping, and the "kissing number" of a sphere. (National Science Foundation) http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2131 from NIFL's workplace literacy list (for more see http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/workplace/2009/002275.html ) Community Literacy Planning Guide - This planning guide will support communities as they: gather together to talk about literacy; decide to participate in the Literacy Now Communities program; submit an application for planning funds; mobilize local community energy and knowledge; assess the community’s literacy needs; build on existing literacy work and address important gaps; and prepare a community plan. http://www.2010legaciesnow.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Embrace_Learning/PDF/LiteracyNow_Guide.pdf Minnesota Literacy Council's online training site – for out of state users: The courses for adult learners and educators on the Minnesota Literacy Council (MLC) online training site are developed and maintained by MLC staff through supplemental service grants from the Minnesota Department of Education. They are provided free of charge to Minnesota’s adult learners, teachers, volunteers, and other Adult Basic Education practitioners. Out-of-state visitors are welcome to explore the site to access learning resources as well, but we cannot offer CEUs or course completion certificates to out-of-state users. If you are a not a Minnesota resident, you are welcome to browse the self-access online learning materials, but please do not submit course assignments as we will not be able to respond to your submissions. http://online.themlc.org/ Refugees From Iraq - in-depth information about refugee groups from Iraq, describing the various ethnic and religious communities of Iraqi Arabs (both Sunni and Shi’a), Iraqi Christians, and others. Topics include history, conditions in countries of asylum, characteristics of the refugee population, cultural features of each of the different communities, religion, language, education, and resettlement considerations. http://www.cal.org/topics/ri/backgrounders.html online: LessonWriter.com is a free website where teachers can copy, paste and submit any text (an article, essay, story, etc.) and create comprehensive, standards -based lesson plans and student materials in minutes. LessonWriter is a simple, fast and free way to use authentic, high-interest content to motivate students while delivering the explicit language instruction that ELL's need in both English and content-area classes. There are advanced features that can differentiate instruction for multilevel classes and class tracking features that will automatically scaffold lessons. http://www.lessonwriter.com Lots to do at the library Providence Public Library's calendar of events: http://www.provlib.org/calendar.asp National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy, dedicated to conducting research and development projects to improve literacy, numeracy, language and related skills and knowledge. On this site you will find information on all our activities, including: Research and development projects http://www.nrdc.org.uk/projects.asp Creative routes to specialist teacher qualifications http://www.nrdc.org.uk/creativeroutes The Voices on the Page storybank is now live! Read all of the 640 stories here http://www.nrdc.org.uk/voicesonthepage.asp Research reports and reviews http://www.nrdc.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=329 Latest e- newsletter http://www.nrdc.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=671 News and events http://www.nrdc.org.uk/news.asp google literacy site: http://www.google.com/literacy/ The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), Assisting Refugees with Disabilities Program : Resource Guide for Serving Refugees with Disabilities available at http://www.refugees.org/DisabilityGuide The guide, written for refugee case managers and those serving refugees with disabilities, includes 139 pages of information about resources for serving adults and children with disabilities, housing for refugees with disabilities, assistive technology, medical resources, citizenship and disability, benefits for refugees with disabilities and more. If you have any questions or technical assistance needs, please contact Xuan Nguyen, Director of USCRI Health and Human Services at xnguyen@uscridc.org or at 202-347-3507 ext 3056. RI Foundation online scholarship directory - searchable by city/town, intended field of study, current high school, and more. http://scholarship.rifoundation.org/ YouthBuild USA Learning Network has links to Web sites and full-text documents, and includes a section on "Authentic Materials/Engaged Learning/Constructivism/Contextual Learning/Project-based Learning." http://www.youthbuild.org/learningnetwork/professionaldev.html conferences and workshops - conferences and workshops are listed chronologically and are updated with each bulletin Rhode Island - Training/events around employment issues for people with disabilities http://www.ric.edu/uap/trainin  7th Annual WE LEARN (Net)Working Gathering on Women & Literacy http://www.litwomen.org/conference.html March 4-6, 2010 University of Rhode Island / Providence Campus / Providence, RI Special Forum: Thursday, March 4 / Annual Conference: Friday - Saturday, March 5-6 Pre registration deadline is February 26th The call for proposals for the 2010 Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers conference has been posted here: http://aleronline.org/conference.html deadline, February 8, 2010 Sharing Skills – Building Connections, March 10 – Commonwealth Workforce Coalition. Registration materials will be available on line early in January. http://cwc.cedac.org/index.html Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 2009 Annual Convention – Re-Imagining TESOL http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/convention2010/ March 24 – 27, 2010, Boston The Connecticut Association for Adult and Continuing Education Conference March 25-26, Water's Edge Resort Westbrook, CT (800) 222-5901 http://www.caace.net/Content/Conference.asp  STAND'S Adult Learner Statewide Leadership Conference Coming This Fall We are announcing our first adult learner statewide leadership conference coming this fall to Providence, and are looking for learners to come up with a name for the event. A flyer that explains the theme, and the contest rules for submissions can be found at http://www.brown.edu/lrri/nameconf.doc in English, and in Spanish http://www.brown.edu/lrri/nameconfsp.doc. We understand that many of our adult learners are not all familiar with what a conference is, or what they might get out of attending one. Therefore, we were hoping that you and your staff could use this opportunity talk to about what is involved in attending a conference (or even presenting at one!). We hope this will lead to more student interest in suggestions for workshops that they would like to attend and learn from. We are asking you to please print out the flyer and use them for class discussions, or at least pass them out to as many of your learners and alumni as possible. The contest ends March 22, 2010. If you have any question or concerns please contact me at wes@standri.org - Wes Garvin Director of STAND, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave. Bldg. #30 Providence, RI 02908 401 456 2838 401 527 4219 http://www.standri.org other events and conferences http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/Calendar/calendar_world.cgi TESOL worldwide
calendar of events http://www.tesol.org/isaffil/calendar/index.html
breathe - everyday yoga at your desk. http://www.mydailyyoga.com/yoga/everyday_yoga.html street yoga - Through the teaching of free yoga, meditation and wellness classes we seek to help homeless youth increase their physical, emotional and spiritual strength, stamina and flexibility so they can better meet their own core needs. We work closely with those service providers striving to help homeless youth secure safe housing, nutritious food, accessible health care, employment, clean clothing, educational choices and human dignity.
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